The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-01
NEARING THE FINISH.
The Last Few Days of the
Present Congress.
AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILL
Work of a Hurricane-BIg Land Deal
Another Destroyer-The Trouble
Ended-Other News
The Last week

WASHINGTON, February 27.-During
| the days and nightssof the fraction of a
week remaining to the present session OF
Congress, the Senate will give instant at
tention to the conference reports and
general appropriation bills, whenever
any of them shall make their appear
ance: and every effort will be put forth
| TO finish the necessary legislation before
| next Friday noon. Members of the ap.
| preparation committee, upon whom the
| hardest work devolves, are divided in
opinion respecting their ability and that
of the Senate to creditably accomplish
all that is expected, but majority hope
| that, barring accidents and wiliful acts
| of obstruction, 1t may still be found pos
sible to avoid the necessity for a called
session of the 50th Congress. To this
end the right of the Senate and of its
committees to an opportunity for delib-
Grafton upon important matters not yet
brought before 1t will be warned and the
Senate, as it has done IN PREVIOUS in
stances of backwardness, Will content IT.
self, under protest, with suLh amend
ments to House legislation as 1t can Sc
cure in hasty conferences, taking much
for granted and trusting much to luck.
To print and thoroughly examine the
naval, legislative, deficiency and tortIt-
cation appropriation bills, IN their sew
eral ordinary stages through the Senate
up to the point OF final action, would re-
ouire almost as many weeks as there re-
main DAYS of the present session: Mis-
cellaneous subjects of legislation which
will probably fill up the spare moments
are put down in the caucus programme
as follows: Labor arbitration bill land
grant forfeiture DILL; bill relating to lot
terry advertisements passing through
mails; bills to quiet land titles. DeS-
Moines land grant bill; bill authorizing
suits against the United States; bills for
the adjudication of private land claims
in certain States and Territories; bill
for monument to colored soldiers; J os-
eph Francis resolution; bill to reim-
burse Virginia and other States, their
expenses IN the war of 1872, and the 10
ternational copy right bill. Senator
Miller will call up, probably on Monday
or Tuesday, the House pleuro pneu-
monia bill Ohe pending question be-
ing a motion to reconsider the veto by
which Edmunds' substitute was
adopted); Senator ingalls, will seek an
oppo1t unity to call up for action the bill
repeating the limitation to the arrears of
the pension act; and Senator Van Wyck
will ask the Senate to pass the bill re
lating to the . disposal of abandoned
military reservations under the home
stead law A contest is pending in secret
session over the nomination of Public
Printer Benedict, and the British ex-I
tradition treaty remains among the
unfinished matters on the executive
calendar, butt is not likelyto be further
pressed for acsion this session.
In the House the programme is to
push appropriation bills TO completion
by giving them precedence over all other
business, and little general legislation is
expected during the remaining days of
the session. The legislative appropria-
ton bill will again occupy the attention
of the House on Monday, and will be
followed BY the deficiency bill. which is
to be put through under suspension of
the rules. During the four legislative
days remaining, it will be in order to pass
a suspension of the rules. Looking to
this last chance members who are
charged with the management of i'm
portant measures, such as the Pacific
Railroad inquiry resolution, the depart
ment of agricultural bill, the pleuro-
pneumonia bill and the educational
bill, and will make every effort
to secure recognition by the
peaker in order TO get a vote on
their bills. Some very few of these eff
forts may succeed, butin most cases all
chance for legislation will be cut off by
the presentation aud discussion of con-
ference reports and other privileged
matters. 1t is understood that no at
tempt will be made to pass the fortifica-
ton appropriation billfor this year. that
for last year which is now in conference
being intended to cover the remainder
of the current together with the next
fiscal year.